minuet

noun

min·u·et ˌmin-yə-ˈwet

: a slow graceful dance in ³/₄ time characterized by forward balancing, bowing, and toe pointing

: music for or in the rhythm of a minuet

Examples of minuet in a Sentence

The orchestra played a minuet.

Recent Examples on the Web The Palestinian component of this diplomatic minuet is simple: don’t say no. —

Daniel C. Kurtzer, Foreign Affairs, 21 Aug. 2023 Israel has long mastered this complicated role-playing, and Taiwan and its Indo-Pacific neighbors have quietly engaged in the minuet for years. —

John Bolton, WSJ, 28 Nov. 2022 Inspired by a minuet and trio from Haydn’s Op. —

Hannah Edgar, Chicago Tribune, 3 June 2022 Mozart’s Concerto No. 9 in E-flat major (K. 271) is an odd duck, with a brisk finale interrupted by a slow minuet. —

Dallas News, 13 June 2022 Here, the Maine landscape is gorgeously rendered in its COVID hush, and Strout balances the tension of viral spread with the complex minuet of Lucy and William coming to terms with their resentments and enduring love. —

Chloe Schama, Vogue, 14 Sep. 2022 Every minute the number of people who dance the minuet grows more minute. —

Richard Lederer, San Diego Union-Tribune, 11 June 2022 Choreographing their minuet was one of engineers’ biggest challenges. —

Mark Phelan, Detroit Free Press, 7 Apr. 2022 The whimsy of its kinetic minuet (pivotal not least to the symphony but to the future of third movements at large) carried over into an energetic finale that built from the violins and spread outward like a wildfire. —

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